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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO<br/>
<span class=large>ST MATTHEW</span>
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CHAPTER 15
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The scribes and Pharisees contend against Jesus—He heals the daughter of a Gentile woman—He feeds the four thousand.
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Then</span> came to Jesus <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Scribes.">scribes</a> and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
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Why do thy disciples transgress the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 24: 7; D&C 123: 7 (7-8).">tradition</a> of the elders?  for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
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But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Traditions of Men.">tradition</a>?
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For God commanded, saying, <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Honor; TG Honoring Father and Mother; TG Respect.">Honour</a> thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/4b" mark="b" type="R" title="GR he shall surely die; TG Capital Punishment.">let</a> him die the death.
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But ye say, Whosoever shall say to <i>his</i> father or <i>his</i> mother, <i>It is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mark 7: 11.">gift</a>, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
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And honour not his father or his mother, <i>he shall be free.</i>  Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
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<i>Ye</i> hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
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This people draweth nigh unto me with their <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 12: 2.">mouth</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/8b" mark="b" type="C" title="Isa. 29: 13; Titus 1: 16 (15-16); 2 Ne. 27: 25 (24-25); TG Hypocrisy.">honoureth</a> me with <i>their</i> lips; but their <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/15/8c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 31; Alma 34: 28; D&C 45: 29.">heart</a> is far from me.
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But in vain they do <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 1: 13.">worship</a> me, teaching <i>for</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Matt. 16: 12; Col. 2:22 (18-22); Titus 1: 14 (13-14); 2 Ne. 28: 9.">doctrines</a> the <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/15/9c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel.">commandments</a> of men.
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&#182; And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand:
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Not that which goeth into the mouth <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Cleanliness.">defileth</a> a man; but that which cometh out of the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/11b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Gossip; TG Profanity.">mouth</a>, this defileth a man.
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Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
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But he answered and said, Every <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/13a" mark="a" type="C" title="John 15: 2 (1-2); TG Vineyard of the Lord.">plant</a>, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
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Let them alone: they be <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Spiritual Blindness.">blind</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Governments; TG Leadership.">leaders</a> of the blind.  And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
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And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
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Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
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But those things which proceed out of the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Mosiah 4: 30 (29-30).">mouth</a> come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
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For out of the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/19a" mark="a" type="C" title="Gen. 6: 5; Heb. 3: 12; Hel. 12: 4; TG Chastity.">heart</a> proceed evil thoughts, <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Blood, Shedding of; TG Murder.">murders</a>, <sup>c</sup><a href="matt/15/19c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Adultery; TG Sexual Immorality.">adulteries</a>, <sup>d</sup><a href="matt/15/19d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Fornication.">fornications</a>, thefts, <sup>e</sup><a href="matt/15/19e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ps. 27: 12; Hel. 7: 21 (21-22).">false</a> witness, <sup>f</sup><a href="matt/15/19f" mark="f" type="R" title="GR slanderous statements; TG Blasphemy.">blasphemies</a>:
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These are <i>the things</i> which <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Pollution.">defile</a> a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
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&#182; Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/21a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR regions.">coasts</a> of Tyre and Sidon.
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And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, <i>thou</i> Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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But he answered her not a word.  And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
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But he answered and said, I am not <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/24a" mark="a" type="C" title="3 Ne. 15: 23; TG Jesus Christ, Messenger of the Covenant.">sent</a> but unto the lost sheep of the house of <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/24b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">Israel</a>.
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Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
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But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast <i>it</i> to <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Prov. 23: 9; Matt. 7: 6; D&C 6: 12 (10-12); D&C 10: 37 (36-37); D&C 41: 6.">dogs</a>.
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And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table.
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Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great <i>is</i> thy <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/28a" mark="a" type="A" title="James 5: 15 (14-15).">faith</a>: be it unto thee even as thou wilt.  And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
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And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
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And great multitudes came unto him, having with them <i>those that were</i> lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:
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Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
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&#182; Then Jesus called his disciples <i>unto him,</i> and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
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And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
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And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye?  And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
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And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
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And he took the seven <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/36a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Bread.">loaves</a> and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake <i>them,</i> and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
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And they did all eat, and were filled: and they <sup>a</sup><a href="matt/15/37a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 4: 44 (42-44); Matt. 14: 20 (19-21).">took</a> up of the <sup>b</sup><a href="matt/15/37b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR excess food.">broken</a> <i>meat</i> that was left seven baskets full.
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And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
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And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.
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